<div dir="ltr">Thanks Steve!!<div><br></div><div>I wasn't aware of the long diag mode - it came up after a few minutes!</div><div><br></div><div>- Chris</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Dec 2, 2024 at 11:32\u202fAM Steve Hatle <<a href="mailto:steve.hatle@gmail.com">steve.hatle@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">With the NVRAM reset, the machine goes to long diag mode, and it can be 3-5 minutes until you get the boot banner. <br>
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As far as whether you\u2019ve fried anything, I\u2019m not sure but I wouldn\u2019t be surprised. <br>
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> On Dec 2, 2024, at 9:32\u202fAM, Christopher Purdy via rescue <<a href="mailto:rescue@sunhelp.org" target="_blank">rescue@sunhelp.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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> \ufeff<br>
> Morning all,<br>
> <br>
> Been loving this Ultra 5 - and was in the final stages of my rebuild... had SOlars 9 and 10 up and running and have a PGX64 card arriving today.<br>
> <br>
> As such, I was anticipating the frambuffer swap and needed to do the NVram hack to add in a battery.. Did that - and seemed easy enough.<br>
> <br>
> But - after reinstalling the NVram - Nada - no openboot screen.<br>
> <br>
> Figured I must have the NVram in backwards - so I swapped it around - nope, worse - it just got hot - so I quickly changed it back.. and then I disconnected the positive lead to the battery thinking that may have been the issue..<br>
> <br>
> Nope - black screen. <br>
> <br>
> I do get a beep and the CAPS key blinks a couple of times before going solid.<br>
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> Did I smoke my machine? Or maybe just the NVram chip?<br>
> <br>
> Anyone have a spare NVram for an U5 I can get to see if I just created some e-waste?<br>
> Thanks in advance!<br>
> <br>
> - Chris<br>
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> --<br>
> Christopher Purdy<br>
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